Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-20
TUTTLE'S WAR RECORD.
How He Attempted to STEEL 100000
worth of Cotton-The Result.


There are two pieces OF most promising
real estate IN this city, valued At SlOO, 90
that General TuItle, il Is said, made \ gal
LIANT dash Tor in l-Gl. and which ne has
not yet secured possession Of In that year
General futile WAS madea Brigadier Gene-
raj in the United States army, and PLACED
in command Of the Vicksburg post At
the SAME time Judge L. : Hart. then OF
ST Louis, waS United States Treasury
Agent ami Custom Orficer Al the same port,
and Captain ID. '. johnson, NJ the United
States Navy, Ma IN command NJ the river.
These three gentlemen had An encounter
during the Year. the result OF which Was
that Judge Hart Ma arrested and deprived
OF more than SlOU. UuO, while General Tut
tie was permitted "a resign. The third
party to the affair, Captain Johnson, Il
now a highly respert 4 citizen OF - Louis.
Yesterday, IN conversation with TT
porter, the Grand Army matters and the
Ldl festivities were spoken OF When the
uame OF General futile was mentioned
the captain smiled kuowIngly, and when
Missouri RgyHbiJcuH OF May Ia l-6i.
Now. will give you the tict out OF
which the article grew. IL Was published
about \ mouth alter the thing happened,
after had gone IN duty at another point.
David ; Seryis, OF Mississippi. cotton
planter, had 2DD bales Of cotton which he
wished 10 shlp IA New Orleans for sale,
because, ~ be said. he had "a have Slop,-
80 to meet a marriage obligation he held
with his wife. He CAME 10 ME about Il,
and | advised hun 10 20 ahead and ship
10, a. he could then yet sl20 per pound
for IT, | al%O suggested that he
send TO Judge Winchester, who would pro-
cure a permit for him Ia get his goods
through the lines, and | then would ap-
prove the permit 10 make II good. When
the next boat came along the cotton was
loaded onto IL and started for it, destIna-
ton. Mrs. Ssrvis. wife Of the owner, and
her children concluded 10 90 on the same
boat "a New Orleans TO DO some shopping,
expecting 70 get money out Of the cotton
sale. When the boat got 10 NatcheZ the
cottOn was seized, hauled mp on the hill
and put into cotton sheds. heard nothing
OF the seizure until few days later, when
Mrs Ssrvis. who had returned, came 10
see NE about il. She told me it bad been
-sized. and ~ she would have no money
when she got To New Orleans she had been
obliged to come back. As sOon ~ |
b-ard her story | knew that something
sss wrong 80 / started for Natchez
myself, taking the lady and her children
on the boat with NE ~ tar ~ their home,
Ashland plantation, Miss. The farther
along got the more puzzled | was 10
know who would dare 10 seize that cotton
over nv signature. | WAS fearful that |
had made some mistake, and that the au-
thoritiss knew more about it than did
and stopped the goods. | was afraid had
been dsrelict in my duty, and l, Who was
already burliened with great deal OF re-
spousibility, ~ A. uneasy and nervous about
the matter.
'.,s soon as landed l went to Judge
Hart and asked why he hAd taken the cot
ton. He said be had nothing tn do with
il. but that futile had taken Il | went
70 futile, and he denied having bad any
thing 10 do with the seizure, and accused
Hart of having done il. them made up
NV mind that there WAS something crooked
about the affair, and determined 10 know
lust what il WAS. After leaving Tuttle a
gentleman stopped me on the street and
aid there WAS a man on the outskirts Oi
the CITY who wanted 70 see ME immedl'
atsly. % I went 70 the point deslg-
mated. and there was Seryls. he had IN
aome way gotten through the lines, and |
learned that he paid toll TO get ii, too, a
At hat
and he would not have gotten through
without putting his hand behind him. Ot
course SeryiS was in great stew, As any
man would have been at the prospect OF
losing his Sl0O, 90 worth OF cotton and
felt that was somewhat TO blame for ad-
visipg him % ship. Feeling ~ did about
IL I went to futile and told him be wonld
have TO give up that cotton or would
know the reason why. He then produced
lot of written charges against the owner,
Servis, which had occasion 10 know were
false, and believed they were drummed
up for the occasion, Is / knew that
great deal of that kind Of bust
ness WAS going on At that place
at that time. l can tell you was
mad, and / told Tuttle, in not very choice
language, what / thought of the scheme.
He then released the cotton and it was al
lowed to 20 through. 1t was sold, and
brought Mrs SeTviS something more than
SlOO, 600, all OF which she invested in real
estate in ST. Louis, $50,0 going to pur-
chase the mercantile house now occupied
BY c. D. Chase 8 Co, at 9l4 and Sl6 North
Main street, and the balance she put into
suburban property. She still owns both
places
The department of both Tuttle and